4 pocket note book diaries (January 1914-January 1916); 2 medical diaries with loose notes (1914-1915); bundle of personal and medical letters, postcards and newspaper cuttings (ca. 1914-1916); 3 maps / sketch plans of Duala, etc (ca. 1914); file of manuscript recollections, with photographs and related papers enclosed (nd); framed portrait photograph; photograph album with printed German captions (nd); small Kodak camera.
N.S. Deane papers
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 Liddle Collection AF 02
- Dates of Creation
- 1914-1916
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English German
- Physical Description
- 2 boxes; manuscript, photographs, postcards, press cuttings, and printed material. Includes 3 maps and a small Kodak camera.
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
N.S. Deane served with the West African Medical Service, attached to the West African Rifles (West African Expeditionary Force). He was present in the Cameroons from 1914 to 1916, and witnessed the SS Appam incident.
Access Information
Access is unrestricted.
Acquisition Information
The papers were placed in the Collection by Mrs N. Page (daughter) in ca. 1987. See Research Correspondence File.
Note
In English, but with a little German.
Other Finding Aids
West Africa catalogue (Cameroons and Togoland) http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/liddle/index.htm
Alternative Form Available
Microfilmed.